GENE AMMONS 'BOSS TENOR' AP, LP, LE, NE, SO, #66, 180G, RVG, PRESTIGE SERIES
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GENE AMMONS 'BOSS TENOR'
2015 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS, "PRESTIGE REISSUE SERIES", 180G LP, SERIES LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES-THIS IS NUMBER 66, SOLD OUT EDITION, RECORDED IN 1960 (JUNE 16TH) AT RUDY VAN GELDER'S STUDIO IN ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ, CATALOG NUMBER PRESTIGE 7180, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AT COHEARENT AUDIO FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES, PLATED BY GARY SALSTROM, PRESSED AT QUALITY RECORD PRESSING, SALINA, KS AND FEATURES DELUXE HIGH-GLOSS ALBUM COVER ON THICK CARDBOARD STOCK.
"FOR NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY, TENOR SAXOPHONIST GENE AMMONS WAS AMONG THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS IN THE PRESTIGE FOLD. WHETHER LEADING, OR PARTAKING IN ONE OF PRESTIGE'S JAM SESSIONS, IMMERSING HIMSELF IN THE ORGAN DOMINATED BLUES AND GOSPEL GROOVES THAT CAME TO BE CALLED "SOUL JAZZ" OR DIGGING DEEP FOR IMPASSIONED BALLADS, AMMONS WAS FOREVER VERSATILE AND CONSISTENTLY MASTERFUL"
"THIS 1960 DATE FOR THE LABEL FINDS AMMONS AS THE LONE HORN FRONTING A RHYTHM SECTION THAT INCLUDES TOMMY FLANAGAN (PIANO), DOUG WATKINS (BASS), ART TAYLOR (DRUMS) AND RAY BARRETTO (CONGAS). FEATURING A PROGRAM THAT EMCOMPASSES THE BLUES, BALLADS, CHARLIE PARKER'S "CONFIRMATION", AND EDDIE HEYWOOD'S "CANADIAN SUNSET", AMMONS IS INDEED THE "BOSS" OF HIS INSTRUMENT AND THEN SOME HERE!"
"FROM THE BLUES THAT DRIPS FROM "HITTIN' THE JUG" AND "BLUE AMMONS" TO THE INFECTIOUS MEDIUM BOUNCE OF THE STANDARDS "CLOSE YOUR EYES" AND "CANADIAN SUNSET", AND FROM THE SOPHISTICATED SWING OF "STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY" TO THE FINGER POPPIN' OF "CONFIRMATION" AND THE AFTER-HOURS BALLADRY OF "MY ROMANCE", BOSS TENOR HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE CLAIMING TO BE A FAN OF MODERN JAZZ."
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